A Defense of Abortion

Abortion and the Concept of a Person Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade case in 1973 legalized abortion, it has continued to be one of the most highly debated issues in the country. According to Mario Derksen, “Abortion is the unnatural termination of a pregnancy by killing (at least) one human fetus” (Derksen). There are two main sides to the abortion argument. Conservatives believe the life begins at conception; thus abortion is murder. On the other hand, liberals believe that…

In this paper, I will explain both of their arguments for the moral grounds of abortion and explain how Thomson’s analogy of the “world’s famous violinist” differs from abortion, which weakens it. Rosalind Hursthouse is a Professor of Philosophy at University of Auckland, and in her paper, “Virtue Theory and Abortion”, she uses virtue theory to respond to critics by using it how it may be show in the debate of abortion. (Hursthouse 849) Hursthouse begins her paper with explaining virtue theory,…

fetus deprives it of a valuable future/‘future like ours’. Therefore, abortion is not morally permissible.” Author’s Name Institution’ Name “Killing a fetus deprives it of a valuable future/‘future like ours’. Therefore, abortion is not morally permissible.” In the media, we often read about or hear about pro-life and pro-choice abortion arguments. Considering the argument is inherently about life and death, it makes abortion one of the most controversial issues to date. In 1971, Judith…

Abortion Term Paper In every topic there is always two different sides which are the pros and the cons, one group is for it and one group is not. Abortion is a heavy topic that many people have an opinion about. Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most likely in the first twenty one weeks, which some people do not abide by and sometimes is after the said time. Is abortion a bad thing or not? I feel that there is no right or wrong way to feel about it because everyone is…

The running force behind our country is the government. There are two main branches of that force and that is the democratic and republican parties. Both parties have some similarities, but they mainly have a lot of differences. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 by former Whig party members to try and stop the spread of slavery into the west. The Democratic Party was formed around 1828. The two Parties started out as a single party, with a common goal. As the years went past the Party…

Abortion has been an intricate topic for many years. Abortion is a medical procedure which terminates a pregnancy. The ongoing argument is whether or not women should be entitled to have abortions. There are two different movements that have started due to abortion. These two movements are the abortion-rights movement, and the pro-life (anti-abortion) movement. The purpose for each movement is self-explanatory, being that they are either for or against abortion, for their own personal reasons…

recognizes that every human being has the right to live, be free, and search for happiness. Over one million American babies are denied these basic rights every year due to abortion (“Abortions in America”). Abortion is murder, and should only be legal in cases where the mother’s life is in danger. To determine whether or not abortion should be legal, you must first decide the point at which a fetus is considered alive. I and many others believe that life begins at the moment of conception. …

Originally Cuba's abortion laws were subject to the "restrictive penal code of Spain" under which all forms of induced abortions were illegal (Bélanger and Flynn 15; UN Abortion Policy Cuba 2). The restrictions lifted slightly, "with the inception of the Social Defense Code in 1938, induced abortion became permissible in three situations", which were danger to the mother's life, presence of fetal birth defects, and when the pregnancy was the result of rape" (Bélanger and Flynn 15). However, by…

The Permissibility of Abortion: Noonan V. Thompson The topic of abortion has been of much dispute throughout time. Some seeing abortion as the mother’s right to choice, others as murder. Most pro-life supporters argue that fetuses have the right to life and to aborting it is murder. Judith Thompson concedes that fetuses may have the right to life but that only gives the fetus a right to not be unjustly killed. Thus, if abortion is justifiable, then abortion is morally permissible. John Noonan,…

the United States today is abortion. Abortion is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy” (Fowler). In 2005 the United states alone was averaging approximately 1.21 million abortions a year (Abortion Facts). That means that from 2005-2015 approximately 12.1 million fetuses were terminated in the United States. Groups in the United States who are pro-life (anti-abortion) have been taking a stand and have been shutting down abortion clinics all over the…